March, 2008: I plan to give this website a major overhaul in the not-too-distant future, I promise. I have a blog going elsewhere, which I'll link into this website as well.

My work of short fiction/historical scholarship titled "When the Drumbeat Changes" will be published in a forthcoming issue of the scholarly journal, Rethinking History.

April, 2007: My short story, Pennsylvania Dragon is featured in the June, 2007 issue of Realms of Fantasy.

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What do the Critics say? Some Quotes on Hope's End:

• "Stephen Chambers deserves to be feted. The best toast I can think of would be to celebrate the fact that once you begin reading [Hope's End], you don't care if it was written by a sophomore or a senior citizen: You just keep reading." (Chicago Tribune)
• Hope's End is "a clever piece of work, a page-turner that keeps you going all the way to the end. You won't want to put it down." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• "Young readers will hardly be able to set the book aside . . . Older readers will be intrigued by the philosophy of hope and morality." (Louisville Courier-Journal)
• Hope's End "seethes with ideas." (Kirkus Reviews)
• "As a coming-of-age study, [Hope's End] succeeds." (Publishers Weekly)
• "With Hope's End, I think we are witnessing the start of a great career . . . . Simply great, highly recommended!" (www.sffworld.com)
• "Chambers does a grand job of sucking us into his grubby city of suspicion, hunger, and conspiracy while hinting at deeper darker corners" (Mervius.com)

And Hope's War:

• Hope's War is "a solid sequel" built around "a compelling dissection of good versus evil." (Publishers Weekly)
• "Chambers offers a tantalizing look at a grim future history of Earth" which "make[s] this sf adventure suitable for large collections." (Library Journal)
• This unique future history was described elsewhere: "The setting is a planet colonized by followers of a mad genius who is the cloned avatar of the English visionary poet William Blake", who was "resurrected [and] treated badly by the corporation that brought him back to life as a promotional gimmick," which led Blakes to slaughter "billions [of people] while almost conquering the earth before being exiled to a distant planet to try again." (New York Times Book Review)

  Information About Stephen Chambers Online

  • For the most up-to-date information, please check Stephen Chambers's blog (above), which is updated often.
  • For an online interview with Stephen on science fiction and fantasy world click here.
  • For a different interview, this one with mervius.com click here.
  • To read an article about Stephen's work on Hope's End while at the University of Chicago click here.
  • To read an article in the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper about Stephen and Hope's End and how he got started click here.

  Email: schambers@sff.net